Moving Camera Raw Presets

Camera Raw 4.1 has a new Presets panel.  It lets you save popular or frequently used settings so you don’t have to re-create them each time (say, for a black-and-white photo).  Here’s the tip: If you ever change computers, you’ll probably want to take those settings along with you. It’s not quite as easy as you’d think though.  So here’s how: First go find the presets folder. On a Mac, it’s located in User:Library:Application Support: Adobe:CameraRaw:Settings.  On a PC, look in C:\Documents and Settings\user\Application Data\Adobe\CameraRaw\Settings. Then copy any of the preset XMP files in there to the same folder on the computer you want to move them to.  The next time you go into the Camera Raw dialog, you’ll see your new presets in the Presets panel.

September 15th, 2009 | Web Team | Tip of the Day | Comments (0)

New Adobe® Photoshop® Lightroom™ Learning Center

On the heels of the final product release of Adobe Photoshop Lightroom, the National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP) announced today their new Online Lightroom Learning Center at www.photoshopuser.com/lightroom.

January 29th, 2007 | Web Team | Blog | Comments (0)

Distorted 3D Grid

Quick technique for creating a distorted 3D grid that can be used as a background design element. Continue Reading »

January 5th, 2007 | Web Team | Videos | Comments (3)

Displacement Maps

Here we will examine one of the many uses of the Displacement Map Continue Reading »

December 22nd, 2006 | Web Team | Videos | Comments (4)

Want Better Gradients On Press? Here’s The Tip

If you’re designing a job that will ultimately go to a printing press in CMYK mode and it’s going to contain one or more gradients, you’ll get better printed results (less color shifts) if you create those gradients after you convert to CMYK mode.

December 14th, 2006 | Web Team | Tip of the Day | Comments (0)

Going to press? Make sure your monitor is in the “Right Space”

By default, the RGB space for your monitor is set to sRGB, which is an okay mode for designing Web graphics. However, if you’re producing graphics for print, the sRGB mode is just about the worst RGB space your monitor could possibly be set at. It clips off lots of colors that are actually printable in CMYK mode, and therefore is pretty unsuitable for prepress work. We recommend changing your RGB workspace to an RGB space that’s more appropriate for doing print work. We like Adobe RGB (1998), which is a very popular RGB space for prepress work. You choose this RGB space under the Photoshop menu, under Color Settings (in Windows, Color Settings can be found under the Edit menu). When the Color Settings dialog appears, under the Working Spaces area, choose Adobe RGB (1998) from the RGB pop-up menu.

December 13th, 2006 | Web Team | Tip of the Day | Comments (0)

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December 13th, 2006 | Web Team | News | Comments (0)

More Custom Shapes

In this video tutorial, Dave Cross goes into more ways to customize your shapes. Continue Reading »

November 7th, 2006 | Web Team | Videos | Comments (1)

Honey, I Need Some Space: Visually Adjust Kerning

You can visually control the spacing between your type (which is much better than numerically trying to figure it out) by using the same keyboard shortcuts for adjusting type that Adobe Illustrator uses. Here’s how: To set the tracking tighter (tightening the space between each letter or word in a group), highlight the type with the Type tool (T), then press Option-Left Arrow (PC: Alt-Left Arrow) to tighten. Press Option-Right Arrow (PC: Alt-Right Arrow) to add more space between a selected group of letters or words. To adjust the space between two individual letters (called kerning), click your cursor between the two letters and use the same keyboard shortcuts mentioned above.

November 3rd, 2006 | Web Team | Tip of the Day | Comments (0)

Editing Text Without Highlighting It

Here’s a cool little tip for changing your font size without having the Type tool active. Just click on your Type layer (in the Layers palette), then go under the Window menu and choose Character. When the Character palette appears, you can make changes to your type size, color, font, tracking, etc. It freaks you out, doesn’t it?

November 1st, 2006 | Web Team | Tip of the Day | Comments (0)